IBM 4400-006 - 4400 Model 006 B/W Direct Thermal, User Manual

Page: 251 / 326

251
13
Monitoring Printers
Implementing Printer Management
SMART
Printer management includes the following tasks:
•
Monitoring the status of network printers
•
Responding to alarms
•
Gathering statistics on printer operations
The four elements of network printer monitoring and management
are:
•
Agent/manager model
•
The management information database (MIB)
•
SNMP, the protocol used to get management information
•
Printer management utility (PMU)
NOTE: Printer management requires the additional capabilities
provided by the Smart Ethernet Interface.
Agent/Manager Model
The elements of a monitoring system, MIB and SNMP, are
implemented in an agent/manager model:
•
The MANAGER is a console, workstation, or server on working
hubs or routers which has a global knowledge of Ethernet
Interfaces and printers.
•
AGENTS are utilities that reside on devices, such as a Ethernet
Interface, that respond through SNMP to management
requests for information. The information is stored in an MIB.